Of the thousands of commanders who served in history's armies, why is it that only a few are remembered as great leaders of men in battle? What combination of personal and circumstantial influences conspire to produce great commanders? What makes a great leader great? Richard A Gabriel analyses the biographies of ten great generals who lived between 1481 BC and AD 632 in an attempt to identify the characteristics of intellect, psychology, personality, and experience that allowed them to tread th...
Kapusta or Cabbage - A Mother and Daughter Historical and Culinary Journey
by Jennie Ts Choban and April Qureshi
Connaissances Necessaires A Un Bibliophile. Tome 10 (Generalites)
by Rouveyre-E
Memoir of a university instructor's journey to China, and her loving relationship set in modern day China with a handsome male student. Their affair ignores boundries of age, and culture amid the backdrop of traditional Chinese society.
Rupert Brooke in the First World War (Clemson University Press)
by Alisa Miller
Me May Mary is an eloquent memoir about a teen emerging from a tumultuous past. Beginning with a childhood spent sleeping in cars and stealing money from her violent, alcoholic parents to survive, through her teen years in foster care and an orphanage, Mary struggled to overcome her history and embrace her potential. Recounted without self-pity, this poignant, surprisingly funny book relates one young woman's experience of surmounting the past, making sense of the present, and learning to draw s...
The remarkable true story of Margaret Powell, who arrived at the servant's entrance in the 1920s as a kitchen maid and entered an entirely new world. Margaret's tales of her time in service are told with wit, warmth, and a sharp eye in this fascinating portrait of life in Downton Abbey and 165 Eaton Place.
Arrested by Nazis in 1944 after her political beliefs were reported, Rinser was imprisoned until the end of the war. She shared her captivity with a variety of women including Jehovah's Witnesses, abortionists, women who had had affairs with foreigners, thieves and other politically suspect prisoners. Her journal covers two months of her imprisonment, observing both herself and her companions, as they cope, or fail to cope, in their various ways, with prison.
The First World War Diaries of Emma Duffin, Belfast Voluntary Aid Detachment Nurse
Precis Des Evenemens Militaires Ou Essais Historiques Sur Les Campagnes de 1799 a 1814, Volume 15...
by Mathieu Dumas